National Republican., 1887-01-01
SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.
Magical and Marvellous Development
Of South Carolina - Southern In
duatyy.


Magical and Marvellous Development
of South Carolina - Southern In
dustty.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., Dec 31.--The Nclcs and
Cburftr viii publish Tomorrow an elaborate
review Of the agricultural and industrial de.
Velopment of South Carolina during the past
Sear. In an editorial analysis II says
In manufactures the results are magical and
asiabsbmens IN the S stSte has IA iI. incfeased foS
1880 in 1860 TO 1922 In 1886. The capital has
increased from s6,o3l, ,156 to, s2l,s27,07o. The
against G, ,9O4 in 1850 aud $40 in 1870 Tho
value Of the products Is S29, ,05l, ,55i The cotton
mills give employment now 10 1889 persons.
and garden productions for 1885 was Sii, 100, SOL
aud the value OF the corn alone was nearly half
the value Of the cotton crop. There Is food for
nSIn b,cb IN .6s a,ssJ snd there Is stu more in the
The principal crops in the state. Cotton Is no
longer King, at least In South Carolina.
IS peS Scre 'aa as Tsns 5 h a for vsas sooD Of
But even In these figures there Is solid ground
for the doctrine which the Nous and Courier
place IN be world u he y ~ tbe be
soil as large In proportion TO the market value
oftbe land as In South Carolina. Land which
can be bought In South Carolina for from S.
10 sl2 per acre. This beats wheat farming in
the west, or gold mining, for that matter The
steadily increased In spite OF the unifor m dc.
cline In market prices The total value OF
the farm products of the state last year was
tSe value very aT@ neSry proSuols Ss much n
1s60. Add TO agricultural products the products
in different branches Of manufactures and
products OF the mines and quarrles and 1t Is
evident that the total income of the people
from the three sources must amount to so per
cent. more than the amount In 1860. when the
slave system was was supposed to make the state SO
SGmanng. Gg. Taking the population Of South
me average gross m sin income OF each person IN the
is deep significance In these figures, which,
moreover, take no account OF the mercantile
business ,,Inn Of the state We're the amount of
TO say that the gross income Of the people OF
South Carolina-this means Of living and of
,,ggeedpdiing-is considerably more than 1t was in
SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 3l.-The Trades
man has received reports from every town aud
city In the southern states showing the new
industries VIII ich have arisen and the enter
prises which have been actually undertaken
or definitely projected in the year 1856.
Among the more important are 1913 brick
ton factories; I9i coal, iron, gold, and silver
which 1s are In Maryland. and 3 in virginia.
ahu siiot VI Wnlcn ~ WeTe III
Maryland, and z In Virginia; 2S blast furnaces,
396 Woodworking establishments, including
saw mills, planning mills, furniture manufac-
machine shops foundries, aud rolling mills, of
which were In Maryland aud 10 In Virginia.
226 railroads and street railways, including Q in
Maryland and 13 In Virginia, and 5l2 mlscel-
laDeous Industries
The Tradtsmdn says that among the most i'm
portant features of the industrial revival oil the
past year are the large number of furnaces set
up In Alabama and Tennessee the ereptiou of
two steel and wrought iron mills in Chatta-
nooga, the organization Of coal mining COM
panies In Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina,
and Kentucky; the establishment of large stove
factories in Alabama and Tennessee and the
extraordinary development of the lumber
business In every southern state.